Tuberculosis News from Medical News Today

Tuberculosis News

Tuberculosis News

The latest Tuberculosis News articles published daily. Includes news on symptoms of TB, diagnosis, preventive measures, treatment options.

Add this Tuberculosis rss news feed to your rss reader:

Latest News

Tuberculosis: Findings Turn Events In Early TB Infection On Their Head, May Lead To New Therapy

09 January 2009

Masses of immune cells that form as a hallmark of tuberculosis (TB) have long been thought to be the body's way of trying to protect itself by literally walling off the bacteria...
[read article]

Tuberculosis Bacteria Co-Opt Body's Defenses To Gain Foothold

09 January 2009

Tuberculosis bacteria can commandeer the body's defenses in the early stages of infection and redirect them for their own offensive strategies, according to results reported today in the scientific journal, Cell...
[read article]

Sequella Lead Drug Compound SQ109 Selected For Phase 1B Clinical Trial Program

07 January 2009

Sequella, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on diseases of epidemic potential, announced today that SQ109, its lead drug candidate for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB), was the first drug approved...
[read article]

Tuberculosis News Articles Archive - Page 1

06 January 2009

HIV-Positive Infants More Likely To Develop TB, Study Finds

02 January 2009

Text Messages Could Help Tuberculosis Drug Compliance

Bovine TB Infection Still Threatens Human Health In The UK

19 December 2008

Report: U.S. Funding For Research On Neglected Infectious Diseases Is Very Low

17 December 2008

High Functional Diversity In Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Driven By Genetic Drift And Human Demography

16 December 2008

Major Grant To Support Rapid, Accurate, Affordable Test For Tuberculosis

15 December 2008

Pope Discusses HIV, TB, Malaria In Annual Peace Address

11 December 2008

China Experiencing Twice The Global Average Of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

09 December 2008

New Mexico, Texas, Colorado Alerts Bus Passengers To TB Case That Traveled In August

01 December 2008

On 1 December, The Union Observes The 20th Anniversary Of World AIDS Day And Addresses The Issues Of TB-HIV/AIDS Care

Research Advance May Lead To New Ways To Attack Latent TB And Other Bacteria

26 November 2008

News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology

23 November 2008

Delaying The Evolution Of Drug Resistance

19 November 2008

Gates Foundation Awards Grant For Development Of A Database To Accelerate Discovery Of New Therapies Against Tuberculosis

TB Patient Gets New Windpipe Made With Own Stem Cells

18 November 2008

Interpol Seizes $6.65M In Counterfeit HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB Drugs In Southeast Asia

News From Annals Of Internal Medicine, Nov. 18, 2008, Issue

15 November 2008

100,000 Saved From Dying Of Tuberculosis

Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Cases Decline But Do Not Disappear

14 November 2008

Cellular Safety Shelters Allow TB Agent To Survive In Infected Individuals

12 November 2008

Global Fund Grants Nearly $3B For HIV/AIDS Efforts

10 November 2008

Zimbabwe Returns $7.3M In Misused Grant Money To Global Fund

07 November 2008

Malawi Receives $20M Grant To Bolster HIV Treatment, Testing Efforts

Newly Discovered Protein May Help Explain Tuberculosis' Resiliency - Experts Find Another Reason Why The Bacterium Is So Nasty

06 November 2008

Clues As To How Tuberculosis Might Be Thwarting The Immune System

Deadlier And More Mysterious Than Ever: XDR-TB

05 November 2008

Tuberculosis Cases Among Santa Clara, Calif., Asian Community Increasing, Asian Week Reports

04 November 2008

Global Fund Says Zimbabwe Misused Grant, Requests Return Of Money

Killing Machinery Of Immune Cells Exploited By Persistent Bacterial Infection

02 November 2008

Bacteria Follow The Crowd In Decision To Grow

31 October 2008

Nepal Faces Numerous Challenges In Achieving HIV/AIDS Millennium Development Goal, Inter Press Service Reports

Innovative Global Health Research Funded By 2 Grants Of $100,000 To Weill Cornell Medical College

U.N. Secretary-General Calls On World Leaders To Fulfill MDG Pledges In Face Of Economic Crisis

30 October 2008

Is There An Increased Tuberculosis Risk To Undocumented Immigrants Due To Health-Care Barriers?

29 October 2008

Global Fund's Technical Review Panel Recommends Zimbabwe's Funding Application Be Approved

Sequella Presents Data On Synergy Between Investigational New TB Drugs SQ109 And TMC207

28 October 2008

Rome Film Festival Premieres Film Inspired By U.N. Millennium Development Goals

27 October 2008

The Union Announces A Successful Trial Of A TB Candidate Vaccine To Prevent Tuberculosis Among HIV-infected Patients

24 October 2008

Safer, More Effective TB Vaccine For HIV-Positive People

New Vaccine Reduces TB Incidence By 37% Among HIV-Positive People, Study Says

21 October 2008

New TB Test Reveals Patients At Risk, Says Study

Estimate Of Lives Lost Due To Delay In Antiretroviral Drug Use For HIV/AIDS In South Africa

Identification Of Type Of Vaccine That Holds Promise In Protecting Against TB

X PRIZE Foundation To Help Fight Tuberculosis Worldwide With Gates Foundation Support

20 October 2008

Dr Piot To Head Imperial College's New Institute For Global Health

19 October 2008

Mortality Reduced By Integrating Antiretroviral Therapy With TB Treatment For Co-Infections

17 October 2008

Identification Of New Antibiotic Target And New Antibiotic Mechanism May Lead To New Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Agents, Tuberculosis Treatments

Rutgers Researchers Identify New Antibiotic Target And New Antibiotic Mechanism - May Lead To New Tuberculosis Treatments

16 October 2008

Decreased TB Funding Could Hinder HIV/AIDS Efforts, Researchers Say

CDC Statement On National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

15 October 2008

Global Financial Crisis Puts Success Of MDGs At Risk, U.N. Head Says

New Information About Diabetes' Link To Tuberculosis Discovered By UT Public Health Experts

9,000 Year-Old Skeletons Reveal Earliest Known Human TB

Global Alliance For TB Drug Development Receives Pledge Of Up To $40 Million From USAID

TB Alliance Enters Collaboration With Sanofi-Aventis To Fight Tuberculosis - Aim To Accelerate Development Of Drugs Against Tuberculosis

10 October 2008

Identification Of Gene With Probable Role In Human Susceptibility To Pulmonary Tuberculosis

08 October 2008

Opinion Piece Examines Public Health Issues In Russia, Including HIV/AIDS, TB

Go To News Page:
[1] 2 3 4 5 6 [Next] [Last Page]

Contact Our News Editors

For any corrections of factual information, or to contact the editors please use our feedback form.

Please send any medical news or health news press releases to:

Back to front page

List of All Medical Articles

Terms and Conditions


News Archive [link] Web Wikipedia Medical Dictionary [link]